Media reports said the power and water supply to the city has been affected, and nearly 6 inches of rain has fallen on the area.

At 4 p.m., Marcus was 70 miles south-southwest of Darwin, headed south-southwest at 14 mph, packing 52-mph sustained winds and 63-mph gusts at center as it burrows along the coast, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

JTWC projects Marcus to hang along Australia’s northwest coast for at least a couple of days, then turn directly west, with wind velocity increasing to 144-mph sustained winds and 173-mph gusts at center as it heads over the eastern Indian Ocean.